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New work and holiday arrangement for Portugal and Australia

Australia and Portugal signed a reciprocal Work and Holiday visa (subclass 462) arrangement on 25 September 2014.

This means young adults, aged
18–30 years, from both countries will soon be able to experience a once in a lifetime opportunity to work and holiday in each other’s country, lasting up to 12 months. There will be 200 places on offer for each country per programme year.

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South Africa and Australia do not currently have a Work and Holiday visa arrangement, so South African citizens are not eligible for a visa under this programme at present.

Australia operates a skilled migration programme and other visa programmes which are available to eligible citizens of any country, including South Africa. The Work in Australia page on the department’s website is a good starting point for information on visas with work rights.